Steven Harris, 46, was arrested just after 10 p.m. at an apartment building on Union Street, between Ocean Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, after police say the man cut his sister, 41, three times before biting her on the shoulder.
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An alleged pot dealer used a woman to shield himself from Jersey City police officers who chased him after they saw him carry out a drug transaction, reports said.

Terence F. Nelson, 26, of Warner Street, was charged with aggravated assault on a police officer, resisting arrest, possession of a firearm for unlawful purposes, unlawful possession of a weapon, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute near a school and public property, obstructing a governmental function, receiving stolen property, and certain persons not to have a weapon, reports said.

Uniformed officers were driving west on Warner Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive Saturday at 5:08 p.m. when they saw Nelson receive some cash during what police believed to be a drug sale, reports said.

When Nelson spotted the marked police car he began walking away, and then broke into a run as officers yelled for him to stop, reports said.

When Nelson turned from Martin Luther King Driver onto Wade Street, he grabbed a 45-year-old woman, spun her around, and shoved her toward the police, reports said.

The officers trapped Nelson in alleyway where he fought strenuously before they subdued him using batons, reports said.